Video: Beckel did a bad, bad thing

posted at 8:41 am on April 17, 2012 by Ed Morrissey

I missed this when it happened, but it didn’t take long to catch up to it on Twitter afterward. Bob Beckel got into an argument with former Tea Party activist Jennifer Stefano over the effectiveness of Head Start spending during a break on Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel and didn’t pay attention to the stage manager when the show went back on the air. That’s one reason — but only one reason — why Beckel offered a great American epithet as viewers returned (NSFW, obviously):

Beckel at first refused to apologize — in fact, he refused to acknowledge that the show had gone back on the air for about a full minute. After realization slowly dawned on Beckel, he finally offered a grudging apology, but then proceeded to blame Sean Hannity for not warning him that the show was coming back on the air. Hannity, incredulous, says that he figured that Beckel would have had a clue when the director began counting backwards from five.

After all, that’s the typical “head start” that most television performers understand.

I’ve been in broadcasting for over eight years, and Beckel has at least that much experience. Professionals don’t use that kind of language in the studio, and not just because one never really knows when the microphones are hot. Controlling one’s speech is a discipline, a habit, and so is the use of F-bombs and other profanity. Any bad habits one has will eventually come out on the air, and this is a prime example. Hannity graciously insisted he would defend Beckel if Fox tried to fire him, but anyone this unprofessional — and ungracious — really should be reconsidered for their future on-air assignments.

Jennifer Stefano rips Beckel toward the end of the clip for making the argument personal, so be sure to watch it all the way through, but that’s not the end of Beckel’s embarrassment. As Andrew Coulson reported over two years ago, even Barack Obama’s HHS agrees with Stefano that Head Start doesn’t work (via Derek Hunter):

What’s so damning is that this study used the best possible method to review the program: It looked at a nationally representative sample of 5,000 children who were randomly assigned to either the Head Start (“treatment”) group or to the non-Head Start (“control”) group.

Random assignment is the “gold standard” of medical and social-science research: It gives investigators confidence that the treatment and control groups are essentially identical in every respect except their access to Head Start. So if eventual test performances differ, we can be pretty sure that the difference was caused by the program. No previous study of Head Start used this approach on a nationally representative sample of children.

When the researchers gave both groups of students 44 different academic tests at the end of the first grade, only two seemed to show even marginally significant advantages for the Head Start group. And even those apparent advantages vanished after standard statistical controls were applied.

In fact, not a single one of the 114 tests administered to first graders — of academics, socio-emotional development, health care/health status and parenting practice — showed a reliable, statistically significant effect from participating in Head Start.

Some advocates of the program have acknowledged these dramatic results, but suggest that it’s not necessarily Head Start’s fault if its effects vanish during kindergarten and the first grade — perhaps our K-12 schools are to blame.

But that’s beside the point. Even if it’s true, it means that Head Start will be of no lasting value to children until we fix our elementary and secondary schools. Until then, money spent on Head Start will continue to be wasted.

Why did Beckel get personal, instead of sticking to facts and figures as Stefano advised? Because he would lose on facts and figures. All Beckel has is bluster and profanity.

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I would’ve been better served by repeating Kdg again rather than spending more time in pre-k. I was one of the youngest in my class and and was ‘different’-so another year would’ve benefited me. Instead, I was ‘socially promoted’ and it off to the races I went.

annoyinglittletwerp on April 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM

Ah… good old social promotion. Who says learning matters in public education? ;)

I have a cousin who was held back to retake kindergarten – she and I would have been in the same grade. Kindergarten is the grade to do it. Possibly, maybe, I would have benefited too. I was one of the youngest in my grade as well. My wife and I initially threw around the idea of holding our son back from going to kindergarten this year. The dilemma being that he’s highly intelligent – too intelligent for kindergarten – but maturity-wise, at or just below age level. Scholastically he’d probably be eligible to skip two grades, but he’d not fit in what-so-ever if we did.

The reason Beckel reacted so badly is because Jennifer Stefano shredded him with facts and logic, (which shocked him) he is accustomed to his personal attacks being tolerated and his misstatements, for the most part, going unchallenged on The Five…

Yesterday on The Five he flashed a fake check saying the millionaires paid zero taxes. I guess when you deal in broad strokes there may be some bit of truth in there somewhere. Mr. Beckel is the kind of Democrat that is easy to refute.

My daughter was skipped ahead a year in Head Start, because it was no challenge at all for her, and she’s mostly an A student now in the 7th grade.. my son, he did ok, but had issues with attention deficit so it did him no good at all. He’s above average too, though has issues with science (boring to him).. myself..

there was no Head Start in the 60′s.. I skipped kindergarten, and started first grade knowing how to write my name, and count to ten and that was it. Same learning issues my son has, but they didn’t medicate for those then, didn’t even have a name for it. Flunked a year, but was reading at a college level by the 5th grade..

I see no benefit to Head Start,.. none.. not with any children I know.

You want to know why parents defend it?

It’s free day care for working parents.. they get their children watched for free in a safe enviroment,.. that is why parents fight for it tooth and nail..

and that is the only reason..

just talk to a room full of head start parents, they won’t lie about it.

I guess when you deal in broad strokes there may be some bit of truth in there somewhere. Mr. Beckel is the kind of Democrat that is easy to refute.

Cindy Munford on April 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM

He is, because he’s mostly so hyperbolic, it’s almost nonsensical,.. not quite,.. well, yes it is a lie… and he knows that, just uses the old fashioned scream at them till they are afraid to say anything tactic used by so many democrats these days.

If they keep him, it should only be because he’s so clownish, he’s as easy to pull apart as a cat toy.

The interesting thing, to me, is how people are swayed by either anecdotes or data. A person will either put more stock in data points and studies that can be proven or they “just know” because they or someone they know can point to things they have seen in their own life as “proof” of something.

The facts of the matter are, kids generally grow up and learn to read and write, some better than others. If you send them to school, eventually most kids will learn at least the bare minimum to get by in life.

The question is, what can we do to help kids gather the most skills and have the best educational outcome? Many people feel that starting them earlier, just has to help. Actually, there is no evidence that in the long run, any pre-school anywhere of any kind really does much to change the eventual educational outcome for students. That is because they student’s developmental readiness for learning has so much more to do with how well they do in kindergarten and first grade than whether or not they went to pre-school, or even kindergarten. So you can have a child who is ready to read at 4 years old really take off in pre-school and seem super intelligent. But generally it has nothing at all to do with intelligence, they are just ready to decode written language earlier than some of the other kids. But, by the age of 8 virtually every child can be taught to read with almost no hassle, with about 20 hours of phonics instruction. Unfortunately for the 8 year-old who has been in school since 3, he has already learned that he isn’t good at reading. If we waited until 8 to start teaching reading, there would be a drastic decline in reading disorders and other educational disasters.

But we don’t because everyone just “knows” that if there is a problem, you can make it better by working on it longer.

Fox News should drop Beckel from all shows. He’s an obnoxious idiot that never provides a positive argument, but simply repeatedely says the same things about Mitt Romney. He needs to go from ‘The Five’ before I wear out my remote control in either muting or switching channels anytime he talks. I am also weary of Hannity always having a counterpoint person on for every topic. He needs to go full bore on his conservative bent.

What’s wrong with Shep? He is sometimes overly snarky but so are most of the commenters here yet nobody leaves on their own. (sometimes they are removed for using Star Wars characters for certain purposes)

I never understand this whining over a profanity. People act like they never heard it before. I agree it wasn’t professional, but to act like it’s such a big deal is ludicrous. The ideas that come out of the left are far more profane and vulgar than a word. Keep your attention where it belongs.

A group of youngsters Cajun-dancing to zydeco alongside the old folks, everyone moving in a circle, tapping away with their thumbs. via: Cane-Loader
Ha! That would have been funny to see. Randol’s in Lafayette?

Do they still film there live (Saturday afternoons iirc)?

Logus on April 17, 2012 at 10:51 AM

I lived in Lafayette for 8 years, and Randol’s was my favorite place to eat. I used to tell friends if they wanted to go where the natives went to eat in Lafayette, it was Randol’s.

I lived in Lafayette for 8 years, and Randol’s was my favorite place to eat. I used to tell friends if they wanted to go where the natives went to eat in Lafayette, it was Randol’s.

itsspideyman on April 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Yeah. There are some other good, authentic local restuarants in Lafayette, but Randols is certainly the place to go. Live music with a dance floor and a real, rustic feel.

Instead, most people probably think Prejean’s is the place to go. I used to work as the prep cook at a Cajun buffet restaurant that was next door to Prejeans, heard Rush advertising for Prejeans on the radio (and mispronounce it – absolutely funny… yeah, he visits there all right) and ate there once. Over the top, overdone, over priced.

Sometimes I wish I was living back in the Lafayette area… except for the drivers…

I wouldn’t have been happy-but honestly-graduating in ’89 or even ’90 would have been better for me than graduating in ’88.
My son had problems as well-but when it was suggested that he be put in special ed-me and my ex fought back. After hearing about MY experiences in the ‘system’-the school backed off.
Spawn graduates from high school in a month and a few day…with honors.

We miss the point of this whole situation if we concentrate on Beckel. The real problem lies with Hannity’s willingness to keep this brainless booze hound around. Beckel knows he’s the token liberal so he can spout off any democrat talking point he wants without any thought given to facts. As long as he amuses Hannity, he’s safe.

On the Five he poses as the senior statesman because he’s older than the rest of the cast. Even though he gets his clock cleaned regularly, he keeps it up because he revels in his imagined status as the smart liberal.

He thinks his dyed hair and Larry King suspenders add gravitas to his blather. Instead, it’s just confirmation of his desperate grasping for youth and his being too fat to wear a suit jacket.

I did research on the Headstart Programs using an 8 year period. Head start students learned faster initially, but by the 3rd grade the spread was equal; i.e. HS students did no better than the non-HS students, EVEN though the HS program continued to support them.

WE started looking into other factors and found indications that two major factors for poor academic performance stood out:
1) Parents who didn’t enforce a student study requirement at home.
2) Parents who thought schools should be resonsible for child care from 6 am until 9 pm.!

Cable news, talking heads, and the 24 hour cycle have only succeeded in dumbing-down America.

Some of the requirements of being on cable news:
- Blindly devoted to the Ailes line – Hannity (also known as “dumb”)
- Attractive and able to read teleprompter
- Washed up politicians
- Quitter politicians
- Ex cons and corrupt folk

What’s wrong with Shep? He is sometimes overly snarky but so are most of the commenters here yet nobody leaves on their own. (sometimes they are removed for using Star Wars characters for certain purposes)

platypus on April 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM

what’s NOT wrong with Shep?

Watched him once after listening to a reporter explain his report, which was highly critical of Obama’s gulf oil spill reaction, ask that same dumbfounded reporter…… “are you sure?.. I mean, that’s not true is it?.. President Obama would never” ..etc etc etc…. He asked a straight news reporter, to back up his shilling for Obama…

I’ve seen him offer groveling praise to liberals, and seen him treat Tea Party activists with complete contempt… openly mock them,.. he’s the token liberal I get that..

but he’s as obnoxious as anyone else in defending the Obama disaster.. he’s just more open about his disdain for conservative opinion.

He can’t be happy there,.. he may be infinitely more fair than MSNBC, but that’s not saying much,.. a rock is fairer than they are.

Yeah I can think of alot worst things on cable television. If one thinks Bob Beckel is offensive …..I’m afraid to know how they will react to anything on MTV.

terryannonline on April 17, 2012 at 10:51 AM

Yeah, that’s a great argument because we all know what a wholesome channel MTV is. I know MTV is like that so I don’t watch it, but I do watch Fox, and I don’t want to hear the F word there, and neither do most other people.

Just because our society has become so accepting of anything and everything, and my kid hears the F word a hundred times a day in her high school corridors, is no reason for us to put up with it just because liberals say we should.

Oh, and BTW, Bob Beckel is a jerk, regardless of his political leanings.

I don’t get the “I like Beckel, so the rules don’t apply to him” defense some are offering.

1) Profanity on air is wrong, period.
2) His blaming everyone but himself is typically liberal, but shouldn’t be pardoned because of that.
3) He’s cursing at a woman, who’s only expressing her political opinion. If someone talked to my wife like that, he’d be picking his teeth up in the next county.
4) He was likely drunk and/or high at the time, which would get anyone else instantly fired at a real job.

This thread is puzzling to me. Beckel has been a bully towards women for many years. Watched him on crossfire, very condescending and rude to pretty much everyone.

He told a woman “you don’t know what the f**k you’re talking about” to her face because he didn’t agree with her. I don’t think most posters here would like someone talking to them or their woman in that manner. Since “uncle Bob” is so over the top and “funny” wouldn’t mofo and a little c**t talk be fine too?

Cable news, talking heads, and the 24 hour cycle have only succeeded in dumbing-down America.

Some of the requirements of being on cable news:
- Blindly devoted to the Ailes line – Hannity (also known as “dumb”)
- Attractive and able to read teleprompter
- Washed up politicians
- Quitter politicians
- Ex cons and corrupt folk

joey24007 on April 17, 2012 at 12:17 PM

No,.. TV can’t “dumb down” anybody..

You can blame public education and left wing indoctrination for that. Even if you don’t buy left wing bias, they haven’t been teaching critical thinking since Vietnam.. The anti-war left flooded into education degrees to escape the draft, and have brought their agendas with them. Critical thinking and left wing dogma are oxymorons you can’t have both and have lefty dogma survive…

so critical thinking skills had to go.

You’re blaming the opinion shows,.. only on the right, which is telling,.. but only opinion.. they don’t make you dumb.. you bring that to the rodeo on your own.

What dumbs down people, is teaching them, that only government (or somebody else other than themselves) can help them, or educate them, or raise them into a higher standard of living, or educational level. What dumbs people down,..

is dropping civics to teach “parenting” something mom and dad used to do.. what dumbs people down, is teaching them, that high self esteem is the greatest goal, instead of self reliance, or competition to raise the bar. They teach equality of outcome is great, and not equality or opportunity which has always been the bench mark.

If you hate TV don’t watch..

TV is the symptom not the cause. If they offered Buckley’s old show Firing Line today, few would watch it, and I loved that show when I was ten, twelve years old. Intelligence is something you can’t force on people.. the smart ones are attracted on their own, the dim?… well, you teach them the basics, what critical thinking they can absorb, and hope for the best.

But no amount of education will help the average MSNBC viewer,.. dim is a default setting.. FOX I would argue is not that bad,.. they have as many democrats as republicans watch,.. so the mix of opinion is vastly better than any of the other networks. You wanna hate Hannity,.. can’t stop you, frankly don’t care.. but he’s a grade A missile technician compared to anyone on MSNBC, CNN,ABC,CBS, NPR or any of the others..

he offers opposing viewpoints.. name another network opinion show which does, other than FOX?

He told a woman “you don’t know what the f**k you’re talking about” to her face because he didn’t agree with her. I don’t think most posters here would like someone talking to them or their woman in that manner. Since “uncle Bob” is so over the top and “funny” wouldn’t mofo and a little c**t talk be fine too?

arnold ziffel on April 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM

I have to agree.. you make an excellent point.

If someone said that to my wife,.. well, somebody would be in the ICU pretty fast.

..all this said, you guys are missing the real treat. BOREilly, Hannity, and the rest were getting a little too formulaic so I switched to watching Fox Biz News — Stewart Varney, Neil Cavuto, and Gerri Willis — who absolutely, along with their cohorts, rip the skin off the Obama regime and the scandals they are embroiled in.

So, if you tire of the terminally self-referential O’Reilly and Hannity’s incessant bullet-lists (“..dirty air and water, I used to wait on tables, worked in construction..”) chuck them, come over an have some fun — and get some good stock tips as well.

I watch all of these guys.. though not so much O’Reilly.. on the single FOX News channel our cable provider has.. Cavuto is on early in the day,.. the others at night.

mark81150 on April 17, 2012 at 12:52 PM

..it’s their BIZ channel. They run the dessicated, mummufied, re-animanted I-man in the overnight and then cut loose with Steward — who has a raftload of good-looking dollies who aid him in taking down The Pantload.

All three — Varney, Cavuto, and Willis — are dining out on the GSA scandal at present. It’s NOT to be missed.

I don’t think it’s necessarily the schools K-12, it’s the caliber of students attending those schools. I have a class of 9th graders at this moment and at least half of them are refusing to do the work, a common occurrence. It’s extremely frustrating.

Have any of you read “Blink?” My blink on him I think is very accurate. Beckel is a big jerk. He is a gruff arrogant curmudgeon used to getting his way. He represents almost everything I despise about the liberal inside Washington old-school media. He is classless, self-centered and vile. The fact that it has taken him this long to fly off the handle impresses me.

Are you suggesting that I should value one ratings driven sensationalist “news” organization over another because they offer different “viewpoints?” The Democrats and liberals that appear on FOX are not very good at debate. Well, if you can call 4 talking heads in little boxes a debate.

As for “Firing Line,” not only would people not watch but you would have a hard time finding a competent host and knowledgeable guests.

Roger Ailes summed up what his organization was all about when he said that he puts people on tv because they are “hot” and get ratings.

If that is the mindset of the guy running the show then it is safe to say that little effort is put forward to make the programs anything other than dumbed down nonsense with flashy graphics, short skirts and moronic hosts.

Face it, there is no difference between FOX and the tabloids at the supermarket checkout line.

I don’t think it’s necessarily the schools K-12, it’s the caliber of students attending those schools. I have a class of 9th graders at this moment and at least half of them are refusing to do the work, a common occurrence. It’s extremely frustrating.

Bob’s Kid on April 17, 2012 at 1:01 PM

We recently discovered our son had been dicthing his assignments, hiding them in his desk,.. he’s 4th grade.. when the teacher sent a note home, I was able to schedule a sit down.. and let’s just say..

my son wasn’t happy with the result.

I’m not a blame the teacher type, the system yes, but most K-12 teachers I’ve met are truly trying their best.

Took some serious work over a week to get my son caught up, and do all the extra credit I volunteered him for…

But he learned a lesson about ditching school work, and I did with being slightly more attentive to his bookbag..

He won’t do that again..

Parents do play a huge part don’t they,.. Like in my time, I try to support the teacher, so my son doesn’t attempt a divide and conquer trick.

This jerk is no different than Colmes and every other liberal. Always arguing, always defending the indefensible, ignoring facts presented to them, not using any facts to support their arguments. Red-faced cursing, yelling, blustering, interrupting, denying, pouting, blaming, side-tracking, changing the topic rather than answering the question, playing stupid or acting ignorant when the situation necessitates, being utterly incapable of admitting that they just might be incorrect about something or that some liberal idea or concept might not be that good, being utterly incapable of admitting a mistake or impropriety and offering an honest, simple, sincere apology.

Hey liberals – you are all pathetic losers and your failed ideology is an embarrassment to the United States of America. Go crawl back into the cracks you crawled out of you squealing vermin. Your voices are all white noise to me.

And moderate RINOs want to compromise with these scumbags? I say keep the boots on their necks and start pressing down a little harder.

Face it, there is no difference between FOX and the tabloids at the supermarket checkout line.

joey24007 on April 17, 2012 at 1:33 PM

So what are you suggesting?.. since they all suck, we simply sniff the news out of the air?

You have to have a news source, be it TV or online. Multiple is better, but you aren’t seriously suggesting we just sit home and vegetate..

So what’s your solution?

Trashing FOX is pointless, unless you have a better alternative, it becomes a matter of picking the station least objectionable to you.

I don’t see that TV news has changed all that much..

You toss out all the flashy graphics.. hire all ugly people, and sit there glumly reading the news off a teleprompter just like Cronkite did… and please.. do you really think they were all intellectuals then?

Most moved up from being radio and print reporters, in those days, a nearly blue collar kind of job requiring no degree’s in Journalism, or any discipline. They were highly opinionated, but since we only had three liberal choices.. with ZERO opposing views..

I judge success through the kindergarten teachers I know who can recognize ALL of the children who have went to any preschool within the first couple days of schoool.

Maybe in other areas of the country their Head Start Programs aren’t as effective, but where I live, they are.

My question to you: Do you believe preschool is a complete waste of time?

guera on April 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM

But only during the first couple days of school. After a month or so, you can’t tell the difference.

The advantage of Head Start or of preschool is essentially a myth. If you really want your children to get an accelerated education, don’t send them to a public school.

The reason is simple: each year of public school repeats so much of the previous year that no “head start” is going to get you ahead of the game for long. The third time you repeat 30% of last year’s curriculum, you’ve all been brought down to the same level.

I judge success through the kindergarten teachers I know who can recognize ALL of the children who have went to any preschool within the first couple days of schoool.

Maybe in other areas of the country their Head Start Programs aren’t as effective, but where I live, they are.

My question to you: Do you believe preschool is a complete waste of time?

guera on April 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM

Pre-school like any educational system relies on the abilities of the teachers and the methodolgy and effectiveness of the program. Speaking as someone who taught in the Head Start program in an inner city, a small city, and a rural area at different times I feel somewhat qualified to answer.
The Head Start program has gone through the same changes as the rest of the educational system in this country. Little emphasis is placed on the basics such as the alphabet, counting, etc. and too much time is spent on culture, diversity, and unfortunately social skills. Children in many of the programs have little or no social skillssuch as the ability to interact with others and have had little exposure to any kind of discipline. So much of the time is taken up attempting to correct those deficiencies. Also, the silly PC stuff that is forced on the teachers takes up too much time.
So there are two kinds of pre-schools…one that is basically a prep for Kindergarten as far as knowledge and social development. The other is simply a babysitting service with PC talking points. The first one is usually a private one. The second one is usually a Head Start.

Normally I give the guy a pass, at least he comes on FOX News when other liberals see the network as like water to the Wicked Witch of the West…and he usually, from when I’ve seen him, has been civil, mostly.

Yeah I can think of alot worst things on cable television. If one thinks Bob Beckel is offensive …..I’m afraid to know how they will react to anything on MTV.

terryannonline on April 17, 2012 at 10:51 AM

Look what Bill Maher gets away with on HBO…granted that’s a premium service, but it’s certainly not some “adults only” channel.

(Why does Fox need resident leftists anyway? It’s a joke: Yes, listening to folks with zero common sense (“We want to be Greece and are proud of it!!!”) or common decency is very “balanced”–how very “fair.” Hannity’s radio show these days is constantly pitting someone with common sense against an impaired, twisted leftist to “debate” some issue or another. I find it pointless. Glenn Beck’s radio show never does that; neither does Limbaugh. Leftists are wrong about absolutely everything that matters: Let’s be honest enough to admit that, to hope they’ll come to understand that, and stop pretending they have anything worthwhile to say, or that they constitute another viable political option. All that matters is that they’re exposed, and that voters come to the realization en masse that you should never, ever vote for one.)

Beckel isn’t just an egotistical ass who came of age as a 60s protestor and who’s made a living off that persona ever since. He isn’t just a guy who spins and argues with Dem talking points instead of reason. He’s more than just a spewer of (in the terminolgy of Harry Frankfurt, Pref. Emeritus of Moral Philosophy at Princeton) meaningless, self-aggrandizing b*llsh*t.

He’s a guy who deliberately derails any conversation so that other guests and co-hosts have to spend their time trying to correct him instead of elaborating on well-reasoned and thought out points.

He’s a pig. They should get rid of the pig.

When Halpern said Obama was a jerk, he got suspended. I said at the time he should replace Beckel on the View, or the Five, or whatever it’s called. But I guess they are more interested in ratings than in raising the level of discourse. That’s a bad, bad thing.

He’s had quite a history, especially recently, with letting the swearing fly while on FNC. You’d think that they would have taken precautions. If he’s that frustrated when opining on Fox News panel segments, then maybe he should go work full-time for the DNC.

I couldn’t think of a better punishment, come to think of it, then having him share an office with Debbie Poodlehead Shrew.

It’s a good time to get rid of his fat a$$. Not for letting the F word slip, but because he’s talking like that to a woman in a supposedly professional capacity, and even more so because he refused to apologize. He is the typical stereotype arrogant, constipated liberal. Put Kirsten Powers in his place on The Five. At least I enjoy looking at her.

Some of the requirements of being on cable news a democrat:
– Blindly devoted to the AilesObowma line – Hannity (also known as “dumb”)
– UnattractiveAttractive and able to read teleprompter
– Washed up politicians
– Quitter politicians
– Ex cons and corrupt folk

I have been thinking about this, I am pretty ticked off at hanity and the other guy for not jumping his SH*T for talking to her like that. low class! if she was cursing at him during the break then ok its fair game, if she wasn’t then the other 2 men males are no better then he is. hanity should have told him to apologise to her or go home! LOW CLASS TURDS THE LOT Of the males there.

Suggestion – do what I did and go to hannity’s web site and submit a message telling him about your disgust and outrage over the beckel clown. I made it clear that if FOX News doesn’t fire this leftist sob AND if hannity doesn’t personally state that he won’t have this excrement ever again on his program, I WILL STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. Period.

I lived in Lafayette for 8 years, and Randol’s was my favorite place to eat. I used to tell friends if they wanted to go where the natives went to eat in Lafayette, it was Randol’s.

itsspideyman on April 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Yeah. There are some other good, authentic local restuarants in Lafayette, but Randols is certainly the place to go. Live music with a dance floor and a real, rustic feel.

Instead, most people probably think Prejean’s is the place to go. I used to work as the prep cook at a Cajun buffet restaurant that was next door to Prejeans, heard Rush advertising for Prejeans on the radio (and mispronounce it – absolutely funny… yeah, he visits there all right) and ate there once. Over the top, overdone, over priced.

Sometimes I wish I was living back in the Lafayette area… except for the drivers…

Suggestion – do what I did and go to hannity’s web site and submit a message telling him about your disgust and outrage over the beckel clown. I made it clear that if FOX News doesn’t fire this leftist sob AND if hannity doesn’t personally state that he won’t have this excrement ever again on his program, I WILL STOP WATCHING THE SHOW. Period.

TeaPartyNation on April 17, 2012 at 6:21 PM

Please……

Beckel at first refused to apologize — in fact, he refused to acknowledge that the show had gone back on the air for about a full minute. After realization slowly dawned on Beckel, he finally offered a grudging apology, but then proceeded to blame Sean Hannity for not warning him that the show was coming back on the air.

Oh come on….

As far as Beckel blaming Hannity-seemed to me he was joking the same way I’d jokingly blame somebody for coughing or something if I hit a tee shot into the woods. Gee-lighten up.

I like Beckel-seems that Fox has lefties I wouldn’t mind having a beer with (Beckel, Williams, Powers, etc.), they seem like real people. I wouldn’t want to have a beer with any of the crew from MSNBC, even if they were buying. Yuck.

Why did Beckel get personal, instead of sticking to facts and figures as Stefano advised? Because he would lose on facts and figures. All Beckel has is bluster and profanity.

Precisely! He liked acted like kid (and that is an insult to kids I’ve the pleasure of knowing, my nephews). He pouted and denied any responsibility, accusing Sean of the mishap. He should not be speaking using that profanity around a woman at all.

I believe most strongly that learning never stops. There’s always an opportunity to learn something new, sometimes from the strangest people in the strangest places. That said, there’s nothing to be learned watching shows like this. I’m already grounded in my principles and beliefs. I don’t need them reinforced with the same talking points hammered incessantly. Hell, Ancient Aliens is more enlightening than political chat shows and they (Ancient Aliens) go off on wild speculation and stretch credulity to the breaking point. Still, it’s more entertaining than any of the political pundits.

I never understand this whining over a profanity. People act like they never heard it before. I agree it wasn’t professional, but to act like it’s such a big deal is ludicrous.

I don’t usually hang around long with anyone who talks like this. I saw the incidence live and it took the wind outta my sails for a moment. Potty language has no place in the public venue and anyone with more than a 3rd grade education can find better ways of expressing themselves.

Democrats war on women. I would have socked him if he had addressed me in such a manner.

Why did Beckel get personal, instead of sticking to facts and figures as Stefano advised? Because he would lose on facts and figures. All Beckel has is bluster and profanity.

Precisely! He liked acted like kid (and that is an insult to kids I’ve the pleasure of knowing, my nephews). He pouted and denied any responsibility, accusing Sean of the mishap. He should not be speaking using that profanity around a woman at all.

Feedie on April 18, 2012 at 5:40 AM

Because he would liberals lose on facts and figures. All Beckel hasliberals have is bluster and profanity.

I found it even more outrageous (but typical) that, multiple times, he accused Hanity for getting caught with his mouth open, even though Sean repeatedly had said that he would defend Beckel to protect his job! Talk about biting the hand …

Sadly, when politicians, actors, TV commentators so frequently use sexual and derogatory terms as to make its use common, the moral values of this country continue to decline even further. It’ time to find this type of verbal rhetoric and language unacceptable.